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Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5108, 1 June 1885, Page 2

The Post Office department has extended the delivery of letters once daily to Upper Albert street from to-day.

In the Police Coart this morning, before L. J. Bagnall, Esq., J.P., Bichard McOdid was sentenced to seven f'oys' imprisonment for being disorderly while drunk. From the evidence given it appeared that the accused had created a disturbance in front of bis house on Saturday evening, and had threatened various members of bia family.

Owiks to His Honor Judge H. Ge. Seth Smiih being engaged" in connection with a nautical enquiry being held in Auckland, the usual monthly sitting of the District Court at Thames, which should in the ordinary course be held to-morrow morning, will be adjourned until Tuesday, 18th ins.

The annual election of Borough auditors is proceeding as we go to press. The friends of some of she candidates have been busy during the day in aid of their favorites for the office.

We leara that there is every probability of the mill at Turua owned by Messrs Bagnall Bros, which was recently destroyed by fire, being ready for work this week. The planing machines have been in operation already.

The regular meeting of the Mutual Improvement Society will be held this evening.

Mb La. Monte has now somewhat modified his previous offer regarding the terms upon which he would erect his patent were a company formed, and has offered to take £4000 contributing and £4000 pud up shares in tbe proposed company, the immediate capital required being £1000, and the balance of £9000 to be paid during eight months. At a committee meeting in Auckland, at which Mr LaMonte was present, it wan resolved to erect the necessary appliances, and Messrs C. Alexander, A. Saunders, and B. K. Davis were appointed to arrange the necessary preliminaries.

We would direct attention to the sale by D. B .Gellion and Co., to-morrow at 12 o'clook of the cottage of Mr Bryant, Queen street.

A TBiEaBAM from Wellington, dated Saturday, stated that it was understood the Police had a o'ue to tbe perpetrators of the jewellery robbery at Jenneee', nni one arrest had been made, but as it ia believed that there are several confederates, and until further arrests are made the authorities decline to give particulars. The arrest whs made in Christchurch, and the discovery made through the pawning of a watch, the number of which Jenness wa3 able to identify. Yesterday a further telegram was that the police had made two arrests in connection with the robbery, viz., John Davis, a mullito, at Wellington, and a young man named Appendale, atLyttelton. The latter had been employed at the Te Aro Hotel, and on the room which lie had occupied being searched, a couple of key-hole saws wera found, also s> gitublet, and it is said that in a carpet b*g lying in the room some of the missing property was discovered. The police are very reticent.

Mb.T.'C. Bayieon, Harbormaster, returned to the Thames by the 8.8. Rotomahana on Saturday afternoon, and will probablj re* sume bis duties'as Harbormaster in a few days.

In another colurcn M> C. McLiver notifies that he intends holding a monster clearing •ule for one month of his large stock of books, toys, music, &c. This is an excellent opportunity for those desirous of obtaining any arl idea of which hi* large and varied stock ia composed to secure bargains such as are seldom met with in this district.

Thomas Howb, formerly timekeeper on the Lyttelton railway, and eight other emplojei, are charged with defrauding Government by means of Howe giving the others credit for doing work which they had never performed. The exact amount of their defal* cations is not known, but it is belie?ed to be some hundreds of pounds. Howe was arrested in Wellington, aud armed here yester* terday. ;■ , • ;

Johh Thomas, of New Plymouth, has been appointed Harbour Engineer at Gieborne, At £§oQ»year.

Majob Oauxlbt and M»jor Bodham, of Ihe Defence Department, proceeded South from Wellington yesterday.

Toe annual meeting of the Moanatairi G.M. Co., which w«s to have been beld on Friday at Mr F. A. White's offiice, ii Auckland, lapsed for wont of a quorum.

A Dunboin telegram states that, Mr D. E, Hay accopted a challenge from the Canterbury Club to play a chess match by telegraph between teams of eight or ten a-sids.

Tub Colonial Treasury acknowledges the receipt of £140 from someone in New South Wales, who states that many years ago he wronged the Government of New Zealand of that amount.

Thb loan agents telegraph to Government that the new load is quoted at 2 per cent, premium.

Thb Wellington Football Ulion ba6 decided to eend a team to the South, leaving the Empire City in July.

We learn from Auckland that John Ayres, jeweller, charged with breaking and entering Messrs Long and Hart's premises last year, and stealing therefrom £108 worth of jewel lery, was discharged on Saturday without a stain on hia character.

The Women's Gospel Temperance Union organised in Christohureh by MrsLeavitt, t-as resolred to take vigorous action in tho city and suburbs. They hare been divided into districts for the purpose of a house to house canvass by the ladies, and public meeiings will be held monthly.

The Canterbury Chamber of Commerce has resolved to interest ihe other Chambers of this and the Australian colonies in a combined effort to reduce the charge on cable messages sent by the New Zea'ond line. The Chamber also resolved to send to the South Sea Islands to enquire, in the interests of this part of the colony, into all matters of commercial interest there. The cost is to b3 borne by subscriptions raised in Canterbury.

The sum available for distribution in the Waring Taylor bankrupt estate, in Wellingl ton, is £14,0C0, principally derived from the sale of his stock-in trade. The creditors will receive about 8s in the £.

" Staying " Power.— lt will be in teresting to athletes, and to all who value the power of physical endurance, to know that at " home " and in the sister colonies an article has of late years come into general use, which is very strongly recommended us being ai exceedingly pleasant beverage, and which yet imparts, in an unusually large degree, what ia expressively termed *' staying power " —in other words, nutriment and strength. We refer to Cadbury'g " Cocoa Essence "